Construction of the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington D.C. is underway, and Georgia granite leaders say they should be providing more of the stone. They criticize the plan to use stone from China and are demanding equal bidding rights to supply the granite.
The memorial plaza set to open this year is located where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, between the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorial in the National Mall. The plaza will feature a large sculpture of King by a Chinese artist.
Spokesperson for the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Foundation said at least 85 percent of the overall stone content will come from U.S. quarries.
The memorial plaza set to open this year is located where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, between the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorial in the National Mall. The plaza will feature a large sculpture of King by a Chinese artist.
Spokesperson for the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Foundation said at least 85 percent of the overall stone content will come from U.S. quarries.
